Originally Posted by csandste
Originally Posted by IMSA_Racing_Fan
One of my dogs has a tumor that is growing, can't afford a vet now but will take him if/when that $1200 bailout check hits the bank. He is about 10 years old.
I'm no vet, but that looks like a lipoma to me. I got one, my dog's got one. Mine's stable, my dog's looks like it's growing year to year, but the vet says as long as it's not attached and not bothering him leave it alone. Had a friend who got one cut off about 25 years ago, caught an infection and was in the hospital for almost a year. Moved to Denver, no one in St. Louis could handle it.
As my doctor told me back in the early nineties when I first noticed it. It's a fatty tumor, you're getting old like a dog.
My dog's lipoma is in exactly the same place.
I agree.
If its soft, and you can move it around a little, it's fat. If its hard/solid and doesn't move, get it looked at. My dog has many of them. Like at least 5. Very common in Labs.